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Ariosoma

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Description

Ariosoma is a genus of marine congrid eels.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariosoma, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2403171	https://www.gbif.org/species/2403171
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	35348	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35348

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : Ariosoma

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Anguilliformes : Congridae : Ariosoma

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
superclass	Actinopterygii
class	Actinopteri
subclass	Neopterygii
-	Teleosteomorpha	Arratia et al. 2004
-	Teleostei
-	Elopocephalai
-	Elopocephala
-	Elopomorpha
order	Anguilliformes	Greenwood et al. 1966
family	Congridae	Kaup 1856
genus	Ariosoma	Swainson 1838

Scientific Name

Ariosoma Swainson, 1838

Name Published In

Swainson, W. 1838. The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Longman’s, London. Vol. 1: i-vi, 1-368.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ariosoma	genus	belongs to Congridae	stated without evidence	Stringer, 1998
Ariosoma	genus	belongs to Anguilliformes	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Ariosoma	genus	belongs to Congridae	stated without evidence	Ebersole et al., 2019

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (75%)

First Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Anguilliformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Anguilliformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

ゴテンアナゴ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariosoma

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ariosoma anago species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma anagoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma anale species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma balearicum species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Ariosoma bauchotae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma coquettei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma dolichopterum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma emmae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma fasciatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma gilberti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma howensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma kapala species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma major species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma majus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma marginatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma mauritianum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma meeki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma megalops species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma mellissii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma multivertebratum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma nigrimanum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma nonsector ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Ariosoma obud species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma ophidiophthalmus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma opistophthalmum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma prorigerum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma sanzoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma sazonovi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma scheelei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma selenops species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Ariosoma sereti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma shiroanago species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ariosoma sokotranum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Congrellus Ogilby, 1898	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Congrellus*
Ariosome	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Ariosome*
Thyreoconger Wade, 1946	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Thyreoconger*
Anago Jordan & Hubbs, 1925	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Anago*
Alloconger Jordan & Hubbs, 1925	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Alloconger*
Diaphanichthys Peters, 1864	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Diaphanichthys*
Nesocongrus Whitley, 1935	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Nesocongrus*
Ophiosoma Agassiz, 1846	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Ophiosoma*
Congermuraena Kaup, 1856	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Congermuraena*
Congromuraena Günther, 1870	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Congromuraena*
Arisoma	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Arisoma*
Helmichthys Costa, 1844	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Helmichthys*
Ophisoma Swainson, 1839	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Ophisoma*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1838	Ariosoma Swainson p. 220
1998	Ariosoma Stringer p. 150
2002	Ariosoma Sepkoski, Jr.
2019	Ariosoma Ebersole et al. p. 189

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Stringer G. L. (1998) Otolith-based fishes form the Bowden Shell Bed (Pliocene) of Jamaica: Systematics and Palaeoecology, Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 35 1-4, 147-160

Ebersole J. A., Cicimurri D. J., et al (2019) Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths, European Journal of Taxonomy 585, 1-274 doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.585

Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Marine Species

Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2019). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2019). - via World Register of Marine Species

Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 - via World Register of Marine Species

Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Eschmeyer online (Jun 2012) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

FishBase - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

N. H. Fishes etc., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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